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SOTD "FREE WEEK" January 6th - January 12th, 2020


SOTD, Thursday, January 9th, 2020

Shower at gym + glycerin soap face lather and rinse
Martin de Candre fougere shave soap
Omega badger brush
Feather Artist Club folding shavette + Softguard blade
Cool washcloth rinse
Pitralon Classic aftershave

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TGIF SOTD

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Razor: Jurgen Hempel Jarwin
Blade: Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless (D5)
Brush: Turtleship Machine 073 24mmm
Bowl: Symmetrical Sheet Metal
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: Turtleship Shave Bay Rum
Post: Stirling's Bay Rum Butter
Aftershave: Extro Bay Rum Artigianale
 


TGIF SOTD

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Razor: Jurgen Hempel Jarwin
Blade: Blade: Gillette Nacet Stainless (D5)
Brush: Turtleship Machine 073 24mmm
Bowl: Symmetrical Sheet Metal
Pre-Shave Scrub: MRGO Lime
Pre-Shave Oil: Homemade Bay Rum w Lime
Shave Soap: Turtleship Shave Bay Rum
Post: Stirling's Bay Rum Butter
Aftershave: Extro Bay Rum Artigianale

That brush.
 
Friday
Prep: Warm Shower-Stirling Scots Pine Sheep
Soap: Stirling Agar
Razor: Gillette NEW Short Comb
Blade: Personna Med Prep (5)
Brush: John’s Brushes Silvertip-22mmx48mm
Aftershave: Stirling Agar w/Menthol

WTG-XTG-ATG (adjusted angles for my beard)

Stirling Agar today. 20 seconds to load the John’s Brushes Silvertip brush. Easy, thick, slick, lather. Personna Med Prep still in the vintage Gillette NEW Short Comb. Excellent smooth, close, shave. I finished with Stirling Agar aftershave.

Bob

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Freedom Friday Shave;
  • PAA Ascension SS
  • Dorco ST-301 (5)
  • Vintage Colgate Mug
  • VdH Bowl
  • Fine Lather Bowl
  • VdH Boar (New Ver)
  • Brut AS
  • Brut Splash On
  • Brut EdP
  • Brut Antiperspirant Deodorant
  • Million Dollar Hair Tonic
  • Clubman Firm Hold Pomade
First use of the PAA Ascension. Extremely mild.
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Friday
Pre-shave: Trader Joe’s Face Wash/Stirling Bergamot Lavender Pre-Shave Oil
Razor: OREN
Blade: Kai Captain Titan Mild Protouch MG
Brush: Rudy Vey Custom w/TGN Two-Band
Soap: Stone Cottage Red Velvet Shave Cream
Aftershave: Alum/Baxter Herbal Mint Toner/Ogallala Bay Rum
Balm: Peter Thomas Roth Moisturizer
 
SOTD, 10 January, 2020

A little Pre de Provence for Friday. Nice, comfortable, and very close shave with the Fine Marvel and a Personna Red blade. Excellent tunes too from my buddy Jean Sibelius on a cold, crisp, and very Finnish-feeling morning here in Iowa.

Pre-shave: Hot towel
Razor: Fine Accoutrements Marvel
Blade: Personna Red (#2)
Bowl: Fine Accoutrements Ceramic Lather Bowl
Soap: Pre de Provence No. 63
Aftershave: Pre de Provence No. 63 balm
Tunes: Jean Sibelius, Finlandia and Karelia Suite

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SOTD 01/10/20

It’s Fatboy Wool Fat Friday. Broke out my 1960 Fatboy (datecode F1) and whipped up my favorite soap, MWF, and proceeded to have a decent shave. Not really a fan of this razor. Cranked it up to 9, while protected by a glistening, thick Fat lather supplemented and enhanced by PAA’s Preshave Cube for that first pass. The razor delivered a decent whisker reduction, but still needed two more passes for an acceptably close shave. Cranked down to 7 for the final two passes leaving me with one or two areas in my typical trouble spots which weren’t as close as I’d like, but I know from experience with this razor that I should stop to avoid any bloodletting. This razor is typically a one and done. Tomorrow I’ll shave with the Occam’s DE razor, originally purchased as a Christmas present for one of my sons, who as it turns out is in love with his OneBlade. So I kept it after reading all the positive reviews. Today I feel clean, somewhat smooth and refreshed, and that’s the story for Friday, and I’m sticking to it!

RAZOR: Gillette Fatboy (9,7,7)
BLADE: Suneko
PREP: Cold water rinse followed by a scrub with PAA’s Charcoal-Menthol Cube Preshave Soap
BRUSH: Omega Pro48 Boar
SOAP: Mitchell’s Wool Fat
POSTSHAVE: Cold water wash with brush squeezings followed by Thayers Lavender WH and finished with Royall Lyme AS Splash
 
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